The Inter-Tribal Youth Centre (ITYC) was closed indefinitely on Friday, March 30 due to funding shortages. The ITYC was located in the basement of its parent organisation, the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal (NFCM), and together they constituted the frontline in sheltering Montreal’s urban aboriginal community. The ITYC was the only aboriginal centre available in Montreal to[Read More…]
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Seminar discusses sexual slavery in Asia during WWII
Last Friday, March 30, the McGill Golden Key Society and the East Asian Students’ Association hosted “Sexual Slavery and the Asian Holocaust: A Seminar on the Comfort Women Issue in EastAsia.” McGill East Asian studies professors BrianBergstrom and Adrienne Hurley provided historical background and demonstrated the importance of the ongoing issues facing[Read More…]
Qatar donates $1.25 million to Islamic Studies Institute
On Monday, March 26, Qatar’s Ambassador to Canada Salem Al-Shafi announced a sizable donation of $1.25 million to McGill University and its Institute of Islamic Studies, in commemoration of the institute’s 60th anniversary this year. Announced during Al-Shafi’s visit to McGill on behalf of the State of Qatar last week,[Read More…]
Faculty of religious studies holds discussion on whether sacred texts promote religious intolerance
On March 28, the faculty of religious studies hosted an event co-sponsored by the Canadian Christian-Jewish Consultation to discuss the question: “Do our sacred texts promote religious intolerance?” Held in the Birks Heritage Chapel, the panel featured Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, Professor of Biblical Studies Ian Henderson, and Imam Habeeb Alli, who shared how their respective[Read More…]
VP Pedneault among students excluded from campus
On March 26, the McGill administration excludedSSMU VP External Joël Pedneault and two other anonymous McGill students from the McGill campus until Friday, March 30, a total of five days. Pedneault’s exclusion from the campus followed an incident after an UQAM professor held his class in room 348 of the Frank Dawson Adams Building on McGill campus[Read More…]
Qatar donates $1.25 million to Islamic Studies Institute
Simon Poitrimolt / McGill Tribune On Monday, March 26, Qatar’s Ambassador to Canada Salem Al-Shafi announced a sizable donation of $1.25 million to McGill University and its Institute of Islamic Studies, in commemoration of the institute’s 60th anniversary this year. Announced during Al-Shafi’s visit to McGill on behalf of the[Read More…]
Faculty of religious studies holds discussion on whether sacred texts promote religious intolerance
On March 28, the faculty of religious studies hosted an event co-sponsored by the Canadian Christian-Jewish Consultation to discuss the question: “Do our sacred texts promote religious intolerance?” Held in the Birks Heritage Chapel, the panel featured Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, Professor of Biblical Studies Ian Henderson, and Imam Habeeb Alli,[Read More…]
Special SSMU GA cancelled due to lack of strike motion
A Special SSMU General Assembly (GA) scheduled for this past Wednesday, March 28, was cancelled after the undersigned councillors withdrew their petition. The assembly was called with the knowledge that there might be a motion for a strike vote, but at the time of its cancellation no such motion had[Read More…]
Mac campus issues heard at third Open Forum
On March 27, Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi held the third of four open fora at Macdonald Campus. In addition to a group of about 30 attendees, most of whom were faculty members and staff, Provost Anthony Masi and Deputy-Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson were also present. The[Read More…]
SSMU may raise student fees to pay for Shatner utilities
Michael Paolucci / McGill Tribune Last Thursday, March 29, SSMU Council discussed the status of the lease on the Shatner Building. “We’ve been in negotiations about the lease since our mandate was not renewed some time in the first semester,” Emily Yee Clare, VP University Affairs, said. Last November, Council[Read More…]
